A comprehensive study of electron collisions with heavy noble gases

Over the past few years, our group has extensively studied elastic and inelastic electron scattering from the heavy noble gases Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe. High-resolution experimental data, obtained in Fribourg and Kaiserslautern (see, e.g., [1-4] and references therein) were compared with theoretical predictions from semi-relativistic and fully relativistic $B$-spline $R$-matrix (close-coupling) calculations (see [5] and references therein). In most cases the agreement between experiment and theory is excellent, thus providing confidence in suggesting extensive datasets for state-to-state transitions from these calculations for use in the modelling of discharges involving heavy noble gases.\\[4pt] [1] J. B\"ommels {\it et al.}, Phys.~Rev.~A~{\bf 71} (2005), 012704.\\[0pt] [2] M.~Allan, O.~Zatsarinny and K.~Bartschat, Phys.~Rev.~A~{\bf 74} (2006), 030701(R).\\[0pt] [3] M.~Allan {\it et al.}, J.~Phys. B~{\bf 42} (2009), 044009.\\[0pt] [4] T.H.~Hoffmann {\it et al.}, J.~Phys.~B~{\bf 43} (2010) 085206.\\[0pt] [5] O.~Zatsarinny and K.~Bartschat, J.~Phys. B~{\bf 43} (2010), 074031.